Word: pegged
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...been casting aspersions on his rowing form at stroke in the Waiters' eight. In fact the managers two lone runs came in the third inning with the bases full of sore-limbed scoffers when Duggan, after chasing a long fly after catching it as he ripped on the quoits peg, and after rolling over and over on the grass, rose smiling and dizzy to throw to second base, in order to put out Halated, who had apparently fallen asleep between second and third. After all this, in his dizziness he threw into the river instead of to the waiting, second...
...change in the batting order will be tried in this afternoon's game. Samborski has been moved up to the fifth position, with Hammond, Rogers and Hill sliding down a peg. This puts together the hard hitting trio of Gordon. Todd and Samborski, a change that should increase the team's scoring ability...
High notes in the present musical score are sustained most successfully by Stepping Stones, Poppy, Music Box Revue, Andre Chariot's Revue, Kid Boots, Vogues, Peg o' My Dreams...
...Peg o' My Dreams. It seems as if Peggy Wood might have done better in this musical comedy version of Peg o' My Heart. She'd fit well the title role. She has a good voice-which Suzanne Keener, the present incumbent, also possesses. But Miss Wood has considerable poise and comedy skill; Miss Keener has yet to be struck by the lightning of histrionic inspiration. After Laurette Taylor's performance in the role, her performance might be described as a gentle phosphorescence...
...filled with information, treated with a saving grace of humor. The writer lists the best pictures within the period covered by his book, as follows : Nanook of the North, Grandma's Boy, Blood and Sand, The Prisoner of Zenda, The Eternal Flame, Shadows, Oliver Twist, Robin Hood, Peg o' My Heart, When Knighthood Was in Flower, Driven, The Pilgrim, Down to the Sea in Ships, The Covered Wagon, Hollywood, Merry-Go-Round. These Mr. Sherwood adduces to show that the film industry can produce works of art. To each he gives a compact critical survey, a short recital...